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Because we at Health Briefs Central believe in providing today’s news today, here’s something for your Monday calendar: West Chester Hospital is hosting an open house for its expanded gynecologic oncology clinic and infusion center.

UC Health invested more than $500,000 to renovate the treatment facility as the only clinic of its kind between Cincinnati and Dayton. The clinic features 10 chemotherapy infusion chairs, and the physician clinic can see 60 patients a day. The hospital has boosted the staff as well.

The open house is from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday at the West Chester Hospital Physicians Office South, Suite 202, 7675 Wellness Way.

Shriners burn survivor tells her story

Shriners Hospital for Children in Cincinnati is throwing a book signing Wednesday for burn survivor and patient, Kilee Brookbank. Kilee and her mother, Lori Highlander, co-wrote “Beautiful Scars,” a book on their journey to offer hope to other families in crisis.

In 2014, Brookbank’s Georgetown home exploded, and Kilee suffered burns on 45 percent of her body. She spent 38 days at Shriners Hospital. In 2015, as she tackled her recovery, Brookbank and her family created the Kilee Gives Back Foundation to support Shriners Hospital. A portion of the proceeds from “Beautiful Scars” will benefit the hospital through the foundation.

The book signing is 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the hospital and is open to the public.

Study: Use math, not skin, for consumer products

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy are releasing their analysis of mathematical methods for understanding the transportation of chemical compounds in biological tissues, like the skin, which could lead to better testing of cosmetic or consumer products without harming humans or animals.

Gerald Kasting, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, presented the research at the International Society of Porous Media last week in Cincinnati. The meeting was co-sponsored by academic institutions and industrial corporations including the Procter & Gamble Co.

Kasting, who is collaborating with Arne Naegel and Gabriel Wittum from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, for the research, says mathematical modeling allows scientists to test chemical compounds virtually, in place of human or animal testing.

“A lot of people have models, but we have predictive models,” Kasting said. “Instead of doing testing on 30,000 compounds, we are able to test a subset of, say, 200 and make predictions about the other 29,800 based on the subset.”

Report: More Kentuckians have health coverage

More Kentucky residents are gaining health insurance coverage, says a report from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. The rate of uninsurance at the end of 2015 was 7.5 percent, down from 9 percent in June 2015. Nationally, 11 percent of the population did not have health insurance in December; the rate was 10.2 percent in the eight states around Kentucky.

The report was created by the State Health Access Data Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota and is part of a 34-month study that the foundation is funding. The full report has other details, such as the fact that while hospital care performed without payment has continued to drop for urban and rural hospitals since 2014, rural hospitals observed slight increases in 2015.

East side: Lace up your shoes

Mercy Health-Anderson HealthPlex is leading four East Side Fun Runs this summer. The hospital has teamed up with Tri-State Running Company to offer the untimed runs on the Five Mile Trail. The fun runs are free and all levels of skill.

The runs start at 6:30 p.m. at the Anderson HealthPlex, 7495 State Road, Anderson Township, on the third Thursday of each summer month: May 19, June 16, July 21, Aug. 18.

The runs end back at the HealthPlex, where Fifty West Brewing Company will serve refreshments and you can win T-shirts and other prizes. For more information, contact Mike Korn, Anderson HealthPlex engagement director, at 513-624-1863 or mkorn@mercy.com.